Wednesday, 28 June 2017

I've just had another play with this awesome Xtreme Teen collection. It's so cool and I love that I can use a few different 'age stages' photos, and they still match in perfectly with this set.

I started my background with a stencil and some embossing powder. I love this technique cause it gives a nice raised texture to the background.

I have cut up one of the Everday Etc cards to make a repetitive line down the page. Some of them have been outlined in black, others haven't :) that's cause I forgot some. I also outlined the wood bit with a black to help it pop off the page.

I've layered up lots of other pieces for my photo stack. A page tab, some cards, bits and bobs, sticky quotes and a flair button.

Monday, 26 June 2017

Belinda here today to share two boy layouts featuring the totally awesome Xtreme Teen collection. I have created one quite soft coloured layout with the purple and grey tones from the range . In contrast, the second layout is in your face bright yellow, white and black. Pretty cool that you can create two such extremes from the one collection.

'BE EPIC' Layout

I used a patterned paper with a soft crackle look for my background and added a lovely purple mist to co-ordinate with the photo cards I had chosen.

I layered some purple and grey filler photo cards together and added to the layout with my photo.

Some embellishments, stickers and die cut pieces completed the layout along with a cute coil of soft grey and white baker's twine.

I wanted to create a bold and 'in your face' layout this time to match the photo of my son with his fierce karate fighting face on. The yellow details in the range were perfect for this.

I began by grabbing the Orange Goldfish and Sunshine Yellow Flutter Colour Paints. I diluted them with water in a paint palette, spritzed some water onto my background cardstock and then added a wash of colour using a soft wet paintbrush. I moved the colour around a bit on my layout until I was happy with it and then allowed it to dry.

Then I layered on my filler photo cards, photo and embellishments.

I used a couple of Charm's Creations embellishments that I coloured with the same watered down paint to co-ordinate with my background.

I fussy cut some stars from a filler photo card to use as embellishments too.

Friday, 23 June 2017

I don't know about you, but I often feel like I have so much to learn, and there are so many new things to try, in our arty farty scrappy world. Over the past few weeks, I have been trying to use paint differently on my layouts, including using some different brushes and textures, to create different effects. Some of them have been total disasters, and some have worked out surprisingly well!

Today, I'm sharing with you one such layout. I started this page with a wide bristle paint brush and some paint (including our awesome Flutter Colour Paint) and wanted to create a grid like pattern. I wasn't overly happy with this effect, but kept working on it and added some texture paste through the Bubble-O-Fun stencil... getting better. I then decided to grunge it up and squirted the Black Mayhem Flutter Colour Paint up and down the page, and added some ink splatters. Much better! I love the contrast and the texture!

The photo that I wanted to use on this page was also a very busy one, so I didn't want add to much more colour and texture to the layout. I matted the photo on some vellum and raised it up on some kids foam. I fussy cut 'art' from a Creative Chaos Everyday Etc card, and placed it in the white space of my pic, I love the way this looks!

This pic of my fam bam makes me laugh! We discovered these giant furry walls at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, and it always make me think of the movie 'Get him to the Greek'. Have you seen that one? So funny!

I'm not sure what it is about a giant furry wall that makes it art, but I guess the same could be said about my scrapbook pages! But, at the end of the day, I think they are art, and I guess that's really all the matters!

Anyways, I hope you've all had a fun week and have some scrappy time planned for the weekend!

Tuesday, 20 June 2017

Krisy here today sharing some pages I have recently created using the New "Extreme Teen" collection. I don't have any teenagers but I have a few "Threenagers" which I hope are the worst of the two "Nagers" you can get. I mixed in a bit of anything that worked with my page. I very rarely create with just one collection and of course, there is some mixed media in there too.

I will mention that no one was harmed or made deceased in the lead up to these pages however, they came very fucking close. Oh, and there are a few "sentence enhancers" used. Be warned.

This is my first layout. Show casing how my two youngest cherubs abolished my veggie garden in 20 minutes. The plants were both established and seedlings.

I used a few different cards from the Everyday Etc Card packs and cut them up to suit my layout. I then used some word Snippets and page tabs to add details around the page.

The background has inks as well as the New "Knuckle Head" stencil and stamping.

Then just as an added BONUS...Here is another layout. The paper I picked up a while ago on a Garage sale site. As soon as I saw it I had to have it then this collection just worked with it. I used Flutter Colour Paint on my background and the "Got Letters" Stencil.

I'll be back in a few weeks to share more layouts I have been working on.

Monday, 19 June 2017

Finally have my computer working so I can link up my layout I shared late last week.... I've been challenging myself to break away from my usual style of photo and embellishment clusters centrally located on the page, and this one was a fun one that almost looks like its sound exploding from the side of the page... Very happy with how this came together.... Ive absolutely LOVED creating with the Xtreme Teen range, and will be snapping up another kit before they all sell out...

How cool is that paint splatter on the page!

I splattered down some Flutter Colour Paint quite thickly, and being impatient I used a heat gun to get it to dry.... Subsequently it bubbled and burst creating this cool effect!

Saturday, 17 June 2017

Hi everyone!
Popping in to share my latest design team layout using the new 'Xtreme Teen' collection. (The kits are sold out, but there are many items from the collection still available separately in the Flutterby store.) For this page, I was very drawn to the large parental advisory Everyday Etc card and knew I wanted to build my design around it. To go with it, I chose a photo of my friends and I taken at one of our parties. (When we all get together it's usually our kids who end up shaking their heads and rolling their eyes at our behaviour...sucked in kids! haha And yes, us girls are totally rocking our custom made "mole" shirts in this shot.)

I started my page by first creating my background. I used plain white cardstock, which I brushed with black gesso using a wide brush. I then used the new 'Matrix' stencil to apply some purple Colour Blast Colour Paste to random areas of my page, and then I drizzled some 'Yellow Zest' Flutter Colour paint over the top. I grunged it up further by splattering it with black, purple and white mists and then set it aside to dry.

Next, I turned my attention to the main focal area of my page, where I layered together the parental advisoryEveryday Etc card; the ghetto blaster (fussy cut from another one of the cards); and some pieces of the filler cards. I used staples to attach the pieces to each other before adhering to my page, as they added to the grungy feel, and I also tucked some messy cotton around the edges to add some texture.

After I had my photo in place, I added one of the coordinating page tabs to it, which I also attached with staples; then I glued the hand from the Die Cut Bits & Bobs pack directly onto my photo. I also added the extreme sticker from the Sticky Quotes sheet to my parental advisory card. (The purple star tab sticker on my page was also from the same sheet.)

I then added a few more small embellishments - the rad flair button (from the 'Xtreme Teen set #1'); and the "danger" and "volume" symbols (both fussy cut from the coordinating Everyday Etc cards).

To finish off my layout, I added my title and subtitle using a combination of small alpha stickers and some foam Thickers from my stash. (I have to admit, I made myself laugh with this one - it's so true!)

That's all from me today, I hope I have inspired you to pull out your Flutterby stash and get creative this weekend. Stay tuned to the blog for more inspiration from our team, or head to the Flutterby Inspiration HQ group on Facebook to see more (or share your own!)
Til next time, happy scrapping peeps!

Thanks for checking out my layout today. I hope you feel inspired to play with your Flutterby Designs stash too. Make sure you share your fabulous creations in the Flutterby Inspiration HQ Facebook group.